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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection b/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection index 1a44e3edc0c4..1f1bb96a64bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection +++ b/Documentation/i2c/gpio-fault-injection @@ -83,3 +83,28 @@ This is why bus recovery (up to 9 clock pulses) must either check SDA or send additional STOP conditions to ensure the bus has been released. Otherwise random data will be written to a device! +Lost arbitration +================ + +Here, we want to simulate the condition where the master under test loses the +bus arbitration against another master in a multi-master setup. + +"lose_arbitration" +------------------ + +This file is write only and you need to write the duration of the arbitration +intereference (in µs, maximum is 100ms). The calling process will then sleep +and wait for the next bus clock. The process is interruptible, though. + +Arbitration lost is achieved by waiting for SCL going down by the master under +test and then pulling SDA low for some time. So, the I2C address sent out +should be corrupted and that should be detected properly. That means that the +address sent out should have a lot of '1' bits to be able to detect corruption. +There doesn't need to be a device at this address because arbitration lost +should be detected beforehand. Also note, that SCL going down is monitored +using interrupts, so the interrupt latency might cause the first bits to be not +corrupted. A good starting point for using this fault injector on an otherwise +idle bus is: + +# echo 200 > lose_arbitration & +# i2cget -y <bus_to_test> 0x3f |